The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
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"The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, notable for being narrated by Holmes himself rather than by Dr. Watson.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10154547 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier Context triple: [The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, containsStory, The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier]
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A.
The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
"The Adventure of the Illustrious Client" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes confronts a dangerous Austrian nobleman to protect a young woman from a disastrous marriage.
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B.
The Adventure of the Priory School
The Adventure of the Priory School is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates the mysterious disappearance of a schoolmaster and a nobleman’s son from an exclusive boarding school.
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C.
The Adventure of the Red Circle
The Adventure of the Red Circle is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a mysterious lodger and uncovers a case involving secret societies and hidden danger.
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D.
The Adventure of the Gloria Scott
"The Adventure of the Gloria Scott" is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories, notable for recounting Holmes’s first case from his university days and revealing a dark secret from his friend’s family past.
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E.
The Adventure of the Second Stain
"The Adventure of the Second Stain" is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories, featuring a high-stakes case involving a missing diplomatic document that threatens international peace.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier Target entity description: "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, notable for being narrated by Holmes himself rather than by Dr. Watson.
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A.
The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
"The Adventure of the Illustrious Client" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes confronts a dangerous Austrian nobleman to protect a young woman from a disastrous marriage.
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B.
The Adventure of the Priory School
The Adventure of the Priory School is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates the mysterious disappearance of a schoolmaster and a nobleman’s son from an exclusive boarding school.
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C.
The Adventure of the Red Circle
The Adventure of the Red Circle is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates a mysterious lodger and uncovers a case involving secret societies and hidden danger.
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D.
The Adventure of the Gloria Scott
"The Adventure of the Gloria Scott" is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories, notable for recounting Holmes’s first case from his university days and revealing a dark secret from his friend’s family past.
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E.
The Adventure of the Second Stain
"The Adventure of the Second Stain" is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories, featuring a high-stakes case involving a missing diplomatic document that threatens international peace.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sherlock Holmes story
ⓘ
detective fiction work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ |
| collection | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Dr. Watson
ⓘ
Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| fictionalUniverse | Sherlock Holmes universe ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1926 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Strand Magazine ⓘ |
| genre |
detective fiction
ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | canonical Sherlock Holmes story ⓘ |
| hasDetective |
Sherlock Holmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasInvestigationType | private investigation ⓘ |
| hasMainLocationType | rural house ⓘ |
| hasMedicalElement | Hansen's disease (leprosy) ⓘ |
| hasSidekick | Dr. Watson ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
family conflict
ⓘ
military service ⓘ mysterious illness ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
friendship
ⓘ
medical diagnosis ⓘ misunderstanding ⓘ mystery investigation ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | the blanched soldier ⓘ |
| includedIn | collected editions of Sherlock Holmes stories ⓘ |
| isPartOfSubcollection | later Sherlock Holmes stories ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCanon | Sherlock Holmes canon ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | crime fiction ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late Victorian and Edwardian detective fiction tradition ⓘ |
| narrativePointOfView | first-person narration by Sherlock Holmes ⓘ |
| narrator |
Sherlock Holmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| notableFor | being narrated by Sherlock Holmes instead of Dr. Watson ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyPublishedInCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| partOf | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Sherlock Holmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | magazine ⓘ |
| series |
Sherlock Holmes
ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
|
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
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Subject: The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier Description of subject: "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, notable for being narrated by Holmes himself rather than by Dr. Watson.
Referenced by (2)
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subject linked to:
later adventures of Sherlock Holmes